Since cotton subsidies could not be withdrawn overnight, it was proposed that they should be phased out gradually between 2004 and 2006, at the rate of 33 per cent a year.
Como no es posible retirar de la noche a la mañana las subvenciones al algodón, se propuso que se suprimieran gradualmente entre 2004 y 2006, a un ritmo de 33%.